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WAD to RR: A Letter about Designing Type (1940)

Author: William Addison Dwiggins
Keywords: dwiggins; typeface design; mergenthaler linotype; ruzicka; griffith
Publisher: digital reprint by www.CircuitousRoot.com
Year: 1940
Language: English
Book contributor: Dr. David M. MacMillan
Collection: opensource
Notes: 600dpi RGB JPEGs. Several blank pages omitted to conserve space: front cover fold-down, front flyleaf entirely, verso of tipped-in illustration, back flyleaf entirely, and back cover entirely. No content omitted.

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An essay in the form of a letter, expanded and edited for publication, from William Addison Dwiggins to Rudolph Ruzicka on the subject of typeface design. It is especially interesting because it explains Dwiggins' own process and goes slightly beyond abstract "design" and outlines the interactions between Dwiggins and the type development organization at Mergenthaler Linotype. "G," mentioned in the text, is Chauncey H. Griffith, typeface designer in his own right, but also the vice president in charge of typeface development at the Mergenthaler Linotype Company.

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Rights:	This book was copyright 1940 in the US, but its copyright was not renewed as would then have been required to secure its continuation. It therefore passed into the public domain upon the expiration of its initial copyright. This digitization remains in the public domain.
Coverage:	USA
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Ppi:	600
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